--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "jayryunen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone refer me to a good source for the study of Dongshan's Five > Ranks? I keep finding the Five Ranks referred to in many koan > readings, and I am unfamiliar with them. See http://www.kaihan.com/fives.htm or http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/five_ranks.html You can also look at the introduction to Zen Sand. I will put below the start of the explanation there (although the diacriticals didn't cut and paste very well). Jane The term "Five Ranks" is an abbreviation of "T�zan's Five Ranks" �[2R. T�zan Ry�kai �[dI (Tung-shan Liangchieh, 807�869) was the teacher of S�zan Honjaku g[��(Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi, 840�901). The two were cofounders of the S�t� School of Zen, the name "S�t�" representing a combination of the �rst characters of each of their names. For the Japanese Rinzai school, however, T�zan's Five Ranks are presented in a work authored by Hakuin called T�j� goi hensh� kuketsu ��2R��S�, "The Five Ranks of the Crooked and the Straight: The Oral Teachings of the [Monk] who Lived on Mount T�." This work is included in the handbook called Zudokko 3}1 (The Poison-Painted Drum), which is one of the standard possessions of practicing monks. The Goi k�an do not introduce the monk to anything new. Rather, they require the monk to systematize all the k�an that he has passed, using the classi�cation system of T�zan's Five Ranks. The ranks are: Sh�ch�hen �_� The Crooked within the Straight Hench�sh� �_� The Straight within the Crooked Sh�ch�rai �_Z The Coming from within the Straight Kench�shi �_� The Arrival at Mutual Integration Kench�t� �_k Unity Attained. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
